Former New Bern High track and field teammates Hope Rust and Brionna Simmons came together at the Tar Heel Indoor Track and Field Open on Jan. 25 at North Carolina-Chapel Hill.

Rust runs at Lenoir-Rhyne and Simmons runs for Mount Olive. Simmons placed 18th in the 800-meter run (2:36.23), and her 4x400 relay team placed sixth.

Rust finished 26th in the one mile run (6:09.53).

BASKETBALL

TY WALLACE (New Bern) is a junior at Mount Olive. Wallace scored 11 points and ripped down nine rebounds in Mount Olive’s 78-53 win over King (Tenn.) last Saturday.

Wallace is averaging 7.1 points and 7.3 rebounds a game.

AARON TATE (West Craven) is a sophomore at Robert Morris. Tate played 22 minutes in the Colonials’ 72-50 win over St. Francis Brooklyn last Saturday.

He pulled down five rebounds and scored two points.

Tate is posting 3.4 points and 4.0 rebounds a game.

The Colonials (14-11, 9-1 Northeast) travel to St. Francis on Thursday.

CHRISTIAN BEYER (New Bern) is a junior walk-on at Virginia Tech. Beyer got his first minutes against Pittsburgh in the second overtime on Saturday. The Hokies lost 62-57.

Beyer grabbed four rebounds in three minutes.

He’s played in 20 games and averages 1.5 points and 2.6 rebounds per game.

SHANE WHITFIELD (Pamlico) is a freshman at Lehigh. The 6-foot-7 Pamlico native played seven minutes in the Mountain Hawks’ 66-52 win over Loyola (Md.) last Saturday.

Lehigh (13-12, 6-6 Patriot) plays American on Wednesday.

Whitfield is averaging 3.6 points and 2.2 rebounds in 25 games.

The Mountain Hawks have won five of their last six.

TYQUAN NOLAN (Havelock) is a sophomore at William Peace University. Nolan scored four points and had four rebounds in the Pacers’ 69-68 win over Averett last Sunday. Nolan has played in 21 games. He is posting 7.3 points and 5.4 rebounds per game.

TRAVONDA HADDOCK (Jones Senior) is a sophomore at USC -Upstate. Haddock notched two points and four rebounds in eight minutes in the Trojans’ 76-69 loss to Florida Gulf Coast Sunday.

Haddock is scoring 1.5 points and averaging 2.1 rebounds per game.

KHADIJAH BRYANT (West Craven) is a freshman at Elizabeth City State. Bryant grabbed a rebound in the Vikings’ 58-49 loss at Chowan last Saturday.

Bryant is averaging 1.7 points and 1.5 rebounds per game.

ZACK BRUNS (Havelock) is a freshman at Haskell Indian Nations University in Lawrence, Kan. He played 13 minutes in the Indians’ 115-71 loss to Bellevue (Neb.) last Friday. He scored three points and grabbed two rebounds.

Bruns is averaging 4.5 points and 1.0 rebounds per game.

DEMETRES ABRAMS (West Craven) is a freshman at Cape Fear Community College.

Abrams is putting up 9.5 points, 3.8 rebounds and 3.7 assists per game.

JORDAN HILL (New Bern) is a sophomore at Lenoir Community College. Hill is second in Division II of the National Junior College Athletic Association with 23.6 points. She is averaging 9.8 rebounds per game.

WRESTLING

ERIC MILKS (New Bern) is a freshman at UNC-Pembroke. Milks, a former state champion at New Bern High, won by injury default in the 149-pound weight class last Thursday against Anderson (S.C.). Pembroke, ranked 25th in the nation, won 47-11.

Milks owns a record of 13-10.

JAKE SMITH (Havelock) is a sophomore at UNC-Pembroke. Smith, a former state champion at Havelock High, has a record of 9-8 in the 133-pound weight class.

TERRENCE ZALEKSI (Havelock) is a freshman at UNC-Pembroke. Zaleski holds a record of 5-1 in the 174-pound weight class.

CHAD HOFF (Pamlico) is a freshman at UNC-Pembroke. Hoff lost his only two matches at the Newberry Open in Newberry, S.C. last Saturday. Hoff is 1-6 for the Braves in the 149-pound weight class.

SWIMMING

SAM WILSON (New Bern) is a senior at Gardner-Webb. Dealing with a rib injury for most of the season, Wilson has not participated in many swim meets this season.

In a meet against College of Charleston last Saturday, Wilson placed eighth in the 500-yard freestyle (4:57.54), sixth in the 200 backstroke (2:00.62) and sixth in the 1,000 freestyle (10:21.41).

His final meet will be the conference championships in Knoxville, Tenn. from Feb. 19-22.

MATT BURNS (New Bern) is a junior at Pfeiffer University.

ROBERT ARMENTROUT (New Bern) is a sophomore at Lenoir-Rhyne.

ANGIE HEALY (New Bern) is a sophomore at Davidson College.

If you know of a student-athlete playing a winter sport, and not listed, contact Adam Thompson at 252-635-5669 or Adam.Thompson@newbernsj.com.